Sukkahs worldwide

Traveling over the holiday and need to find a sukkah in the area? Consult localsukkah for a partial list of sukkahs available worldwide.

The University of Calgary’s Environmental Design School has created a major Jewish ritual object for the observance of the holiday of Sukkot which celebrates the 40 years of wandering in the Sinai wilderness after the Exodus from slavery in Egypt.
Continue reading: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/designs+Sukkah+Wall+Jewish+holiday/8939397/story.html

The sole Jewish member of the Iranian parliament will accompany President Hassan Rouhani when he travels to New York next week for the UN general assembly.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/19/hassan-rouhani-jewish-un

The New York Times has published an article titled Jews Challenge Rules to Claim Heart of Jerusalem.

Small groups of Jews are increasingly ascending the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, a sacred site controlled for centuries by Muslims, who see the visits as a provocation that could undermine the fragile peace talks started this summer.

...Experts who have observed the phenomenon also see it as a reaction to Israel’s evacuation of Jews from the Gaza Strip in 2005, a redirection of Messianic energy once devoted to West Bank settlements that many fear could soon succumb to the same fate to make way for a Palestinian state.
Continue reading: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/22/world/middleeast/jews-challenge-rules-to-claim-heart-of-jerusalem.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The BBC reports on the shooting attack at a mall in Nairobi.

The Economist correspondent in Nairobi, Daniel Howden told the BBC he spoke to one man with a Christian first name but a Muslim-sounding surname who managed to escape the attackers by putting his thumb over his first name on his ID.

However, the man told Mr Howden that an Indian man standing next to him who was asked for the name of the Prophet Muhammad's mother was shot dead when he was unable to answer.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24191606

Try to remember the name Aminah. You never know when it will come in handy.